Knowledge BLASTER! Guide to Music

By Yucca Road Productions

You didn't know that last one, but you have to know this one! It goes, “Oh when the sun beats down and warms the tar up on...”
No? Then you, my friend, are in real trouble. I suggest you read KNOWLEDGE BLASTER! Guide to Music and call me in the morning.

Seriously, wouldn't it be great if there was a little book that covered so much information about the diverse world of music? And didn't take forever to read?

See, we were helping a friend study for the contestant quiz of the Jeopardy! Game show when we realized we had accumulated enough material to help out almost anyone. A student, game show contestant, or the person-in-the-street who wants to know more about music. You are one of those, right?

This little study guide sings the praises of the greatest classical composers, rock bands, country stars, and jazz legends of all time. Here you'll find songs from musicals, real names and spouses of the stars, music terminology, bios of ballerinas, and much more. Songs by sopranos, tidbits on tenors and the bestest of basses.

Think you can live without it? Try these:

Michael Bolton garnered a 1991 Grammy for his rendition of the 1966 Percy Sledge hit...?
Who was the clarinet-playing "King of Swing?"
The most common instrument in a symphony orchestra is...?
Curly, Laura, and "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning" are from...?
What was Sammy Davis, Jr.'s only #1 hit?
Who was called "Luke the Drifter?"
What is the jig-like dance of sailors?
What former Beatle garnered a Grammy, in 1989, for his work with the Traveling Wilburys?
Where do we find "The Dance of the Sugarplum Fairies?"
Di bravura is one type of...?

No trouble at all? Okey dokey. But do you know the whole book?

The KNOWLEDGE BLASTER! Series compresses a great mountain of available information into easily digestible morsels. You'll find the books are patterned in an efficient question-and-answer mode, stressing simplicity, brevity, and clarity.

You can use this reference work as a launch pad to propel yourself into more in-depth studies. However, if you find this little study guide provides all the information you need, then consider your knowledge...
Blasted!

We wish you the best of luck in your quest for knowledge in this fascinating subject. 'Bye now.
And, oh yes, buy now!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Yucca Road Productions
• Release date: Jun 12, 2020
• ISBN: 9780463875902

Yucca Road Productions

Yucca Road Productions started as all great enterprises do... having a cup of coffee with friends at the kitchen table. One of our little gang of misfits had decided he was destined to appear on the Jeopardy! game show. The rest of us were foolhardy enough to volunteer our surprisingly diverse knowledge sets for the task of preparing him for said destiny.A couple years later, we had accumulated so much info, it was nuts. After deleting what we decided was "trivia" in the game show's dozen or so most-used categories, we figured we could teach anybody to do well on a game show. Or an exam. Or trivia night at the neighborhood pub. Oh, yes... we nailed that one.And so, the Knowledge Blaster! series was conceived and delivered!Then Terry Marsh wrote a couple novels and approached us about getting them published. We liked the books. So, after coercing him into buying bagels for everybody, we added him to our list of ne'er-do-wells.Then Leo Moss surprised us with a book of more-or-less poetry and a novel about a reluctant magic man. We added his works to the list, too. We had to. Moss is the only guy in the group who can spell without a dictionary (so we made him editor), and we just can't find anybody else who will work for the "prestige" of it. Just kidding, Leo.So, time passes, as is its habit. We're still at the kitchen table, wondering what might happen next. We hope it involves pizza, but you never know.

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Knowledge Blaster! Guide to

Music

By Yucca Road Productions

Copyright 2020 Yucca Road Productions

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You can use this reference work as a launch pad to propel yourself into more in-depth studies. However, if you find this little book provides all the information you need, then consider your knowledge...

Blasted!

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Contents

Pop and Rock

What Do They Play?

Those Crazy Instruments

They Conduct and Direct

Kaleidoscope of Musicals

It Rocks; It Rolls; It’s...

Pickin’ On Country

Musical History

Shut Up and Dance

A Little Music Terminology

Their names were…

Married... with Music

The Beatles

Song and Symphony: the Classics

Ballet

The World of Opera

The Big Bands Swing

Rock Groups

Jazz Hot, Baby

Music in TV and the Movies

Pop and Rock

In 1983, this band hit with Rosanna and won seven Grammy Awards.

—Toto.

What was the first rock and roll #1 hit?

—Bill Haley’s Rock Around the Clock.

Who recorded I Am Woman?

—Helen Reddy.

Whose albums include Dream Street and Rhythm

Nation 1814?

—Janet Jackson’s.

Who is known as Lady Soul?

—Aretha Franklin.

Michael Bolton garnered a 1991 Grammy for his rendition of the 1966 Percy Sledge hit...?

—When a Man Loves a Woman.

Who sang Love Child?

—The Supremes.

Roll Over Beethoven?

—Chuck Berry.

This magazine is the Bible of Rock and Roll.

—Rolling Stone.

Who sang "You Got